...the main basis of my argument, which I did not fully present in that one comment, I notice. My apologies.

I think we should be careful to keep the matter in proportion.

My statement that it's innovative was presented, I should say, with a lot of tongue in cheek.

Though I understand there is the typical argument of "car becomes a weapon", but I notice that cars are not assault rifles. The matter of the driver's sense of personal responsibility remains the main basis of my argument.

Sounds like a fair argument for the appeal. In appealing any verdicts to the contrary, hopefully they'll think of that ... hopefully.

In discussing governmental regulations in regards to such matters, I'm afraid that we overlook the angle on which the matter boils down to a concern of personal responsibility. Not to suggest that we should give up the ghost, but government truly cannot enforce such a thing. Community leaders may themselves be able to inspire sense of personal responsibility in a community - but only if the community leaders, themselves, represent personal responsibility themselves, and then only if it's understood as such.

Granted, there is the concern in regards to public safety, I understand, in the motivation of laws regulating such things as cel phone use on the roads. I can understand that, I simply wish to note that no regulation is a suitable substitute for plain sense of reason.

Because innovations like this can drive sales. ...and that, I think. is as far as it goes, honestly and in all candor.

To quote the Bard's Tale, in regards to these recurring typos: Beer beer beer, tiddly beer beer beer. Cheers.

Erm, to correct myself, I meant: If to enforce a sense of personal responsibility - though I'm afraid it only becomes political, at which point.

It seems I have a Freudian slip, at the matter. My apologies.

I'm for personal responsibility, not necessarily for government stepping in beyond the limits of basic law, if to enforce a sense of political responsibility - I think that it sets a bad precedent for government, to say the least.

I find myself distracted at the original occurrence of the word, "Infotainment" however. What a shiny.....

I hope it would be appropriate to denote the observation that your comment presents a fine example of common ethnography.

To return to the common vernacular, however: Lyk, geez you mean they don't do it like us?

(cough cough lol and such)

What "goofy little partly functional device" would you be referring to, then?

But then again, some people drive apparently without having payed any attention in driver's education, and society deals with that too. I think we should focus, moreso, on sense of personal responsibility, in such things.

As far as the app thing: We could try to stop that matter of innovation,but I do not know if we could succeed at halting it. I am, admittedly, biased about it however. I think it sounds like a reasonable development in concepts of vehicle utility - and I am not enough convinced that it would be of any concern for the many responsible drivers around - overall, per capita, and so on.

I have a tablet, namely an iPad, which I use in the kitchen on occasion. I would recommend a few apps for that: The All Recipes app; the Epicurious app; the Food Guru app. I'm sure that there must be apps about wine selection, and maybe even about beer, too.

For browsing, I'd recommend iCab. Atomic Web Browser is another good one. (iCab, as one of its many features, can synch its bookmarks with Dropbox, which I don't know if Atomic can, as of yet.) Either of those offers some more features than the conventional Safari mobile browser, in a pretty reliable browser platform. (App crashes seem like less of a concern, on the tablet platform, I think)

You can also take it outdoors with you - weather permitting, of course. There's pUniverseHD for iPad, when it comes to stargazing after dinner ;)

As far as TV, then, there's Netflix on iPad - it's close enough for my tastes ;) If you're into sports - Olympic sports, namely - Universal Sports has also put together an app for the 2012 Olympics kicking off in July. In the more "mainstream sports", and for existing cable subscribes - as I recall - there are apps from ESPN, also. Then there's RedBull TV, for the extremophiles in the family. If you're an existing cable subscriber, there are apps from HBO and I think from Cinemax, as well.

Lastly: For hanging it from the kitchen counter, Belkin makes a nice little temporary mounting bracket, and I'm sure there are more permanent options available. The major technology retailer, BestBuy, carries the Belkin bracket, in their iPad section.

Entertainment and utility abound on the well supported mobile platforms, these days - enjoy!

I don't mean any tomfoolery in my wording my response as so, just to take some brief liberty with the lexicon, in being no less genuine than salt and mud: Your comment intrigues and compels. Though I may not be able to produce any immediate answer to such a question, myself, but I can definitely see where there is a place for the question - and I would say that that place is on the very grounds of democracy. I hope that that question will be a recurring one, in these times.

n/t

Yup :}